Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860)

Shelley, Rowland M. & Sikes, Derek S., 2012, Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a Consolidation of Major References on the Myriapod Fauna of “ Lesser ” Caribbean Islands Rowland M. Shelley, Insecta Mundi 2012 (221), pp. 1-9 : 3

Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860)

Published record. “road to the Bottom at S-curve” ( Jeekel 1999).

New localities. None.

Remarks. An introduced southeast Asian species, A. coarctata is the most common exogenous paradoxosomatid in the Caribbean region. Hoffman (1999) stated that it occurs in “virtually all of the West Indies,” and it has been recorded specifically from Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas (New Providence), Barbados, Bonaire, Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman), Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines (Bequia, Carriacou, Union), Guadeloupe, Isla de la Juventud (formerly Isla de Pinos), La Désirade, Les Saintes, Margarita, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin / Sint Maarten, St. Thomas, and Tobago ( Pocock 1894a; Chamberlin 1918, 1922; Loomis 1934; Jeekel 1963, 1999; Mauriès 1980a; Hoffman 1999). Despite its regional abundance, A. coarctata may not be prevalent on Saba, as DSS and associates encountered only O. gracilis (next account).